Flowers someone left in the old haunted state penitentiary wall in Alton, IL. We cover the legends around this wall in the McPike Mansion and Alton Haunts Video on the Haunted Road Media channel through the link in my bio above or at http://www.youtube.com/hauntedroadmedia

I just got back from this old historical beauty it used to be an old African American hospital back when degradation was still in effect then it was a family home it was abandoned back in the early 2000s, the owner was on site when me and my friend went in and he said we could take whatever since it was to be torn down in the next few days so bad that the city won't let the owner turn it in to a museum. #history#abandonedplaces#sad#forgotten#forgottenhistory

Sinton's Mill
Laurelvale, Armagh.
The factory was opened in the early 1850s and by the 1880s it employed around 700 workers, responsible for manufacturing very high-grade heavy linen.
The factory closed in 1944 when it was acquired by the MOD and used by the Hoffman company for the manufacture of ball bearings for tank turrets etc.
In the 1970s it was damaged in a fire but was inhabited by a private family until the mid eighties. Both the house and the factory area have recently been cleared and replaced by a housing development.
The factory was still in production, employing 200 people, until 1996. There were then plans to convert the mill, which remained the Sinton family's property, into a tourist and retail facility, with the hope of a £7–8 million investment. Planning permission was granted for this, however, the building was put up for sale by Tim Sinton (the subject's great-grandson) in 2003.
#abandonedplaces#abandonedfactory#industrialrevolution#linenmill#linen#armagh#tandragee#northernireland#discovernorthernireland#irishhistory